Revision+-+Introductions+for+Compo

Today's lesson will focus on honing the quality of your comp introductions.

We'll still use the CPR framework to craft out your intros.

Refer to the questions below (from your recent Common Test):

1. Are some human rights more important than others? 2. To what extent should scientists concern themselves with ethical issues? 3. Education promotes inequality. Discuss. 4. The role of men and women is unalterably dictated by biology. Discuss. 5. Our mercy is become our crime (John Dryden, 1837). Are harsher punishments the answer to curbing crime? 6. Should the government increase spending on the arts?

Choose **__one__** question and write out a CPR intro for it (see below for instructions). The CPR format is as follows:

Context - what is the specific situation/issue on which the question is based? (i.e. **central issue**) Problem(s) - what are some of the major **problems** with this situation/issue? Response - what is your **response** (aka thesis) to this situation/issue? What is your **rationale** for your response?

Refer to the discussion forum in this page.

I have created different topics in the forum -- each topic is devoted to one question only.

Write your intro for your chosen question by responding to the topic (in the forum).
 * __Task 1__**

Visit a peer's intro & offer critical advice on the strengths and weaknesses of his intro.
 * Task 2**

You have 30 mins to complete both tasks.

8-) C Low